import os
import time

source = ['D:\\kim']

target_dir = 'E:\\Backup'

target = target_dir + os.sep + time.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S') + '.zip'
if not os.path.exists(target_dir):
    os.mkdir(target_dir)

zip_command = 'zip -r {0} {1}'.format(target, ' '.join(source))

print('Zip command is:')
print(zip_command)
if os.system(zip_command) == 0:
    print('Successful bakup to', target)
else:
    print('Backup FAILED')
